Roh Hoe-chan

Roh Hoe-chan (31 August 1956-23 July 2018) was a South Korean politician who served in the National Assembly from 2004 to 2008, from 2012 to 2013, and from 2016 to 2018 as a member of the Justice Party of South Korea. In July 2018, he was investigated for paying a ₩50,000,000 bribe to an influential blogger during an opinion-rigging scandal, and he committed suicide that same month.

Biography
Roh Hoe-chan was born in Busan, South Korea in 1956 to a middle-class family, and he took part in political movements in college before working as a welder. He organized workers at his factory, and he was jailed for 30 months in 1989 for his political activities. In 2000, he took part in the foundation of the Democratic Labor Party of South Korea, and he also co-founded the New Progressive Party of South Korea. He was a member of the Unified Progressive Party until its 2014 dissolution, upon which he became a member of the Justice Praty of South Korea. Roh served in the National Assembly three times: from 2004 to 2008, from 2012 to 2013, and from 2016 to 2018. In July 2018, he was investigated for his role in the paying of ₩50,000,000 from an aide to an influential blogger as a part of a greater opinion-rigging scandal. On 23 July 2018, Roh jumped from his mother's apartment, killing himself.